Module consult 

Handing an open question to the chat conversation its task came from.

A task filed by the standing chat (Source::Agent with crate::queue::CHAT_NODE, whose run is the conversation’s id) can raise a question the owner would rather talk through where the task started. The owner passes it on; the chat agent either answers it with magi answer or puts the decision points to the owner in the conversation.

Three rules, each with a reason:

• One place decides. origin_talk is the only judge of “does this question have a chat to ask”; the web view and both entry points use it.
• Not a choice. The hand-over never goes into Question::choices and never touches Question::answer: the question stays Open, its validation and the choice actions stay as they were.
• No new seat, no new waiter. The text is queued as a draft of the existing talk, so the chat’s own turn machinery (its session, its turn gate) runs it exactly as if the owner had typed it.

Enums

Started

What start_turn did.

Functions

begin

Record the hand-over and queue the question as the chat’s next message.

chat_talk_of

The talk start descends from: the id recorded on a task (Task::chat_talk) wins, so deleted ancestors do not matter; tasks written before it existed are resolved by walking the ancestry.

origin_talk

The conversation q may be handed to, if any.

pending_consults

Is any question handed to talk talk_id still open?

refuse_operator_held

Refuse a chat’s answer to a merge approval whose task the operator held, as ask_settle_cmd does for a deputy: such a hold is lifted by the operator’s button. The task is the one q.run names, directly or as one of its runs; none found (an unreadable task is not listed) does not refuse. The caller reads the queue before taking the question lock, so a hold placed in between is missed for that one call.

start_turn

begin, then run the chat’s turn here, under the talk’s own lease.

validate_answer

Validate a merge approval answered by a running chat. Terminal answers and other question types retain their existing behavior. Intent is judged by the chat; this gate requires evidence from the correct conversation.